Did Aurangzeb ban music? Questions for the historiography of his reign

Modern Asian Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 77-120

  Brown, Katherine Butler ^a  

^a University of Cambridge   (United Kingdom)

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HISTORY; MUSIC;

ANTONIA;

EID: 33845485286     PISSN: 0026749X     EISSN: 14698099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0026749X05002313     Document Type: Article

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